Viva La Raza! Lucha Weekly

New Lucha Times on Galavision In U.S.According to the Wrestling Observer CMLL will air their Galavision TV show at 5 p.m. and AAA’s at 7 p.m. (all times Eastern) starting Saturday.

Fabian el Gitano Real Cause of DeathIt was revealed this week that the REAL cause of death for CMLL star Fabian el Gitano was “pancreatic hemorrhage” rather than the suicide/murder that was reported. R.I.P. again to Fabian.

Fabian el Gitano FuneralThis past weekend Fabian el Gitano’s funeral was held in Mexico City with many Lucha stars attending including Rey Bucanero, Solar I (his trainer), La Amapola, Shocker, Tony Rivera, Sangre Azteca, and many more. There are still alot of conflicting stories going on about his death at this point. Record proved a great picture of Fabian’s casket with his mask on top:

Mil Mascaras Talks CMLLLast weekend Mil Mascaras claimed that CMLL made him an offer to work for them in a couple of matches but they wanted him to work in the Semi-Main so he rejected it. He claims that if he “didn’t draw the line” with them then they’d soon have him working in the openers. You want to talk about huge egos? This guy is ridiculous. Sadly he can still draw crowds in Mexico but he is absolutely (and let’s be honest as ALWAYS been) awful! He refuses to put guys over or even sell for anyone. If I never see Mascaras work again I wouldn’t care, legend or not.

Taguchi Defending CMLL Title in JapanNew Japan star and current CMLL World Welterweight Champion, Ryusuke Taguchi, will defend the belt in Tokyo, Japan against Japanese INDY wrestler Madoka on April 3th.

New Japan Star Coming to CMLLThis past weekend New Japan Pro Wrestling announced Hirooki Goto would be heading back to Mexico to compete in CMLL for the first time since 2007. No word on how long he will stay but he is starting this weekend.

CMLL 03/18 “2011 Dos Leyendas” Arena Mexico Results1) Astral, Electrico, & Ultimo Dragoncito def. Pequeno Nitro, Pequeno Violencia, & Pierrothito via COUNTOUT 2) Diamante, Metro, & Stuka Jr. def. Euforia, Raziel, & Shigeo Okumura via DQ3) Ultimo Guerrero, Atlantis, & Dragon Rojo Jr. def. Blue Panther, Valiente, & Angel de Oro4) Negro Casas, Felino, & Mr. Niebla def. La Sombra, Rush, & Toscano 5) CMLL Historic Middleweight Title: Averno (c) def. Mascara Dorada to retain the title!6) Double Hair vs. Hair: El Terrible & Texano Jr. def. Brazo de Plata & Maximo * NOTES *– The legends honored this year were Angel Blanco’s family and Salvador Lutteroth (as every year).– CMLL held a moment of applause for Fabian el Gitano and the tecnicos in the 2nd match brought a Fabian t-shirt to the ring and pointed to the sky.– Before the Title Match CMLL reintroduced Black Warrior to the fans as he made his return in a relative surprise. After a back-and-forth battle Averno snuck in a foul on Dorada in the 3rd Fall to retain his belt. After the match Black Warrior attacked Averno and ripped off his mask. This is pretty interesting. The man that lost his mask to Mitico (Black Warrior) started a feud with Mistico’s arch rival and real life best friend (Averno). – Many of the Plata family came out to watch Maximo & Plata get their heads shaved after the lost to Hijos del Averno.

AAA 03/18 “2011 Rey de Reyes” PPV Results1) Gran Apache, Mari Apache, Octagoncito II, & Pimpinela Escarlata def. Hijo de Tirantes, Sexy Star, Mini Histeria, & Yuriko 2) Cibernetico, Escoria, Billy el Malo, & Nygma def. Nicho el Millionario, Joe Lider, La Parka Jr., & Jack Evans 3) Perro Aguayo Jr., Super Crazy, Damian666, & Halloween def. Dr. Wagner Jr., Psycho Clown, Murder Clown, & Monster Clown 4) AAA World Heavyweight Title: El Zorro (c) def. Charly Manson to retain the title!5) Best of 5 Series Match #5 2/3 Falls Hair vs. Hair Bull Terrier Match: Heavy Metal def. Electroshock 6) Rey de Reyes Finals: Extreme Tiger def. El Mesias, L.A. Park, & Carlito Colon to win the tournament! * NOTES *– Pics courteys of AAA.– Fabi Apache ran out to help the tecnicos get the win. Afterward Jennifer Blade attacked Fabi with a chair.– After a bloody fight the Bizarros continued to pummel Parka Jr. and Ciber threatened to actually light him on fire until Nicho intervened:– The Perros del Mal match was said to have been a huge, crazy brawl capped off by Crazy’s Moonsault off a balcony. – Halloween dives through a Clown and a table:Perro hit Wagner with a chair and then the Diving Double Foot Stomp off the top for the pin. After the match PdM ripped off the clowns masks.– Billy el Malo & Jennifer Blade interfered during the match. Zorro took out Billy with a Superkick and then nails Charly with a Facebuster to retian his title:– Metal & Shock’s match was maid a random as hell 2/3 Falls Bull Terrier Match (Chain Match). 2/3 Falls I’m fine with but the other stipulation was just dumb. They did the damn guitar spot AGAIN leading to Metal winning to take Electro’s hair: – What kind of message does this send to the wrestlers? Metal gets arrested for a D.U.I. and then a few days later takes Electro’s hair? Afterward Konnan, Chessman, Super Crazy, & Halloween came down and invited Metal to join La Sociedad. Metal refused again and Chessman Superkicked him. La Sociedad brutalized Metal until Electro stopped them for some idiotic reason. He got his ass beat too for his troubles.– AAA surprises everyone by putting the right guy over in the Tournament Finals. Mesias and Park brawled outside and Mesias dove off a balcony to put Park through a table and get the two counted out. Tiger hit a 450 Splash on Carlito in the ring to get the clean pin and win the Tournament. After the match Joaquin Roldan & Dr. Wagner presented Tiger with the Rey de Reyes Sword/Trophy after the match:

DG-USA Partners With New iPPV CompanyThis past week Dragon Gate USA announced that started April 2nd Dragon Gate USA will officially start their partnership with World Wrestling Network (WWN) to present almost EVERY DG-USA iPPV going forward. In the past DG-USA has had iPPV’s featured on GoFightLive.

New Lucha Libre TV SeriesA new TV Show on TV Azteca will debut soon called “Lucho en Familia” which will feature a retired masked luchador forced to unretire and how his family deals with it. Sounds kind of like a Lucha Libre version of “Lights Out.” It’s going to air on Monday’s after RAW on TV Azteca.

Sin Cara Announced for May WWE Mexican Tour & RAWWWE announced that Sin Cara would be competing on their tour of Mexico in May. He is scheduled to face CM Punk on at least twice on the tour (05/11 and 05/14). Also, WWE is advertising that Sin Cara will be wrestling on the RAW House Show in Champaign, Illinois today. Cara is also scheduled to appear at RAW on Monday but it’s possible he could just be wrestling in a Dark Match.

Psicosis Coming to LL-USAThis week Lucha Libre USA confirmed that Psicosis would be debuting in LL-USA at the April 16th TV Taping in New Mexico. Marco Corleone confirmed to me (via Twitter) that it would be CMLL star Psicosis II that is coming in to the show. He is scheduled to go one-on-one with The Right leader RJ Brewer!